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Author:

Carlson, Julie, 1980-

Title:

Uncle Tom's cabin and the abolitionist movement / Julie Carlson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Rosen Pub. Group,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Stowe, Harriet Beecher,--1811-1896.--Uncle Tom's cabin.
Antislavery movements--United States--History .--Juvenile literature.
Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism.--Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements in literature.
Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)
African Americans in literature
Slavery in literature.
Race in literature.
Southern States--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61) and index.

Contents:

Early theories of race in America -- The issue of slavery in nineteenth-century America -- Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's cabin -- Stowe's purpose in writing Uncle Tom -- The world responds.

Summary:

Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was published when the nation was torn over the issue of slavery and headed toward Civil War.

Series:

Looking at literature through primary sources

ISBN:

9780823945085 (lib. bdg.) :
0823945081 (lib. bdg.) :

LCCN:

2003015889

Locations:

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

KIPB845 -- Hospers Public Library (Hospers)